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TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF								BEFORE THE RICHARD TERRELL,							   TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION 79th DISTRICT JUDGE, RESPONDENT								               SC-31111258 ASSURANCE 				      #20185 							          OF								      			     VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE I. Recitals The Texas Ethics Commission(the commission) met on January 31, 2013, to consider sworn complaint SC-31111258. A quorum of the commission was present. To resolve and settle this complaint without further proceedings, the commission proposed this resolution to the respondent. II. Allegations The complaint alleged that the respondent did not: l) disclose on multiple campaign finance reports the campaign treasurer's telephone number as required by section 254.061(2) of the Election Code, and 2) disclose political expenditures as required by section 254.031 of the Election Code and section 20.61(a) of the Ethics Commission Rules. The evidence indicates noncompliance with sections 254.031(a)(3), 254.031(a)(6), and 254.061(2) of the Election Code and section 20.61(a)of the Ethics Commission Rules. III. Confidentiality This ASSURANCE OF VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE is confidential pursuant to section 571.140 of the Government Code and may not be disclosed by members and staff of the commission. IV. Representations and Agreement by Respondent l. The respondent is the 79th Judicial District Judge. 2. The respondent acknowledges the allegations relating to the disclosure on campaign finance reports of the campaign treasurer's telephone number, total political expenditures, and the purpose of political expenditures, and consents to this Assurance of Voluntary Compliance solely for the purpose of resolving and settling this sworn complaint. 3. The respondent consents to this Assurance of Voluntary Compliance before any adversarial evidentiary hearings or argument before the commission, and before any formal adjudication of law or fact by the commission. The respondent waives any right to a hearing before the commission or an administrative law judge, and further waives any right to a post-hearing procedure established or provided by law. The commission and respondent agree that the entry of this Assurance of Voluntary Compliance will be a full and complete resolution of sworn compliant SC-31111258. 4. The respondent acknowledges that: l) section 254.061(2) of the Election Code provides that each report by a candidate must include the campaign treasurer's name residence or business street address, and telephone number, 2) section 254.0031(a)(6) of the Election Code provides that a campaign finance report must include the total amount of all political contributions accepted and the total amount of all political expenditures made during the reporting period; 3) section 254.031(a)(3) of the Election Code provides each campaign finance report must include the amount of political expenditures that are made during the reporting period, the full name and address of the persons to whom political expenditures are made, and the dates, and purposes of the expenditures; and 4) section 20.61(a) of the Ethics Commission Rules provides that the purpose of an expenditure means a description of the category of goods, services, or other thing or value for which an expenditure is made and a brief statement or description of the candidate, officeholder, or political committee activity that is conducted by making the expenditure. The brief statement or description must include the items or service purchased and must be sufficiently specific, when considered within the context of the description of the category, to make the reason for the expenditure clear. Merely disclosing the category of goods, services, or other thing of value for which the expenditure is made does not adequately describe the purpose of an expenditure.

The respondent agrees to fully and strictly comply with these requirements of law.

5. The respondent understands and agrees that the commission will consider this Assurance of Voluntary Compliance in any future sworn complaint proceedings against the respondent regarding similar allegations.

6. The commission assesses no civil penalty with regard to this Assurance of Voluntary Compliance.

7. This Assurance of Voluntary Compliance is agreed to by the respondent on this l2 day of February 2013. SIGNED BY Richard Terrell, Respondent

EXECUTED ORIGINAL received by the commission on: February l9, 2013 Texas Ethics Commission BY: David A Reisman, Executive Director